Reply to a Mockery — Page 62
62 Hajr-e-Aswad [the Black Stone] [ H ajr-e-Aswad —the black stone of the Ka‘bah—is kissed by Muslims when they perform Hajj] Hadrat Mirza Sahib describes a vision of his: م ہک رجح اوسد منم ت م�یگف� � ی اپےئ نم یم وبس ی د و نم Someone kissed my feet and I said, ‘I am H ajr-e-Aswad [the Black Stone]’. (‘ Arba'in, No. 4, Ru ha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 17, p. 445, footnote) Maulaw i Sahib objects that Hadrat Mirza Sahib has considered himself to be the H ajr-e-Aswad. Dear readers! Visions need to be interpreted. A vision is never taken in its literal sense. In the Holy Quran, Allah says: ْمَلَا َرَت َّنَا َهّٰللا ُدُجْسَي ٗهَل ْنَم يِف ِتٰوٰمَّسلا َو ْنَم يِف ِضْرَاْلا َو ُسْمَّشلا َو ُرَمَقْلا َو ُمْوُجُّنلا Have you seen that to Allah submits whosoever is in the heavens and whosoever is in the earth, and the sun and the moon and the stars … ( Sūrah al- H ajj , 22:19) And yet Joseph as describes his vision as following: ْيِّنِا ُتْيَاَر َدَحَا َرَشَع اًبَكْوَك َّو َسْمَّشلا َو َرَمَقْلا ْمُهُتْيَاَر ْيِل َنْيِدِجٰس